Thompson v. Board of Supervisors

The case hereinabove entitled is one of 192 cases which were consolidated for trial in the court below, whereby the evidence taken in this case was made applicable to all. It appears that, in June, 1917, the joint board oi supervisors ot .Buena Vista, Calhoun, Pocahontas, and Sac Counties appropriately established Joint Drainage District No. 181, which comprised 108,000 acres of land. The cost theréof was estimated at approximately $800,000. This district comprised the lower lands lying contiguous and adjacent to “Big Cedar Creek.” It provided for the deepening of “Cedar Creek” for the…